Re: His/Her v. Their

Subject: Re: His/Her v. Their
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:34:22 -0700

I think this will come in very handy if I'm ever called upon to write a
user manual for a catapult, crossbow or siege engine. :)

Gene Kim-Eng


On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>wrote:

> A while ago I learned that there *is* an argument to be made that "their"
> is perfectly acceptable as a singular gender-unspecific pronoun. So I just
> googled it, and although this isn't the link that I remember, it will do
> for now: http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/sgtheirl.html.
>
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His/Her v. Their: From: Becca
Re: His/Her v. Their: From: Monique Semp

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